Cloth-guiding means for looms.



- E. G. GUSTAPSON. 6L T. DUQUBTTE.

LOTH GUIDING MEANS FOB LOOKS.

APPLIUATIOH FILED snr'r. 27, 190s.

953,826. Patented Apr.5,191o.

UNITEDV ,STA ries PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST G. GUSTAFSON AND THOMAS DUQUETTE, OF GROSVENOB DALE, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNORS TO DRAPEB COMPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION 0F MAINE.

CLOTH-GUIDING MEANS FOR LOOMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med September 27, 1909. Serial No. 519,720.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

To all whom 'it-moy concern: l

Be it known that we, EnNns'r'G. GUSTAF- 50N und THOMAS DUQUE'rrE, citizens of the United States,'and residents of Grosvenor l)ale,' county of Windham, State of Con necticut, have invented an Improvement in Cloth-Guiding Means for Looms, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawin is a specification, .like characters on the growing rep resenting like parts.

This invention has for its objectthe pro duction of novel means for eeetively guiding 'the edges of the web of cloth as it is wound into a roll by means of the take-'u mechanism of a loom, whereby the tinishe r ism shown in Fig. 1, taken on th'e line 2-2,

roll of cloth will have flat ends and the cloth will be wound firm and straight.

Should the eloth Abe started to one or the other side, at the be inning of the winding, the means forming t y1e subJect-matter of the present, invention will o erate to straighten and properly. position tie cloth so that the selvage edges' .of successive turns will be snperlmposeu one upon the other.

The various novel features of the invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in t ie .following claims.

'Figure 1 1s a front elevation of the left hand side of a loom, showing a portion of the take-up mechanism and the .means for giuiding theA cloth, embodying one form of t le seetiimal detail of'u portion of the mechanlooking toward the left; Fi 3 is a detail in front elevation of the :rol of cloth, een: trally broken out, and thelo pos-ite guides .superimposed one upon the ot er.

ln the, drawing theloomlframe A has rigidly attached upright stands F which form guides for the louritudinally-slidable bnr g, the upper ends of5 said bars supporting the cloth-roll shaft G, mounted to rotate therein, the elotli hein?!r` wound upon the shaft by thejnclion of t ako-up or sandroll 'l`. driven by a suitable train of gearing M, Fig. 1, all substantially as in.Uni ted States lutent No. 610,636, grunted September 13, 1898 to J. ll. Northrop. While only one stand l", and the bar g* mounted thereon, are herein lshown it will be understood that such a. stuud und slide-bur are in prueresent invention; F ig. 2 1s 'a transversel In accordance with the present invention V each har g* has mounted upon it a 'flat guide :1x-ranged to bear yieldingly upon the adjacent end of the roll of cloth as it is wound upon the shaft G, said rides serving to insure a stralght feed of t 1e web of cloth as it is laid upon the roll, to thereby cause the completed roll to have dat and parallel ends. y

Each ba'r g as herein shown has upon its innei` face a projeetinnf bracket 1 below the bearlng of the shaft (x, and provided with holes 2 one above the other, to reoeive studsl 3 rigid-ly secured at their inner ends .to a flat and substantially semi-circular plate-4:

constituting the end guide for the roll of.

cloth. Euch pair of studs 3 slides longitu'- dinallyY iu the holes 2 in the bracket, so that the attached guide 4 is laterally movable,

the studs positioning the guide and' maintaining it at all times guide at the opposite si e of the loom, Cotter pins 5 or other suitable devices preventing` withdrawal of the studs from the bracket.

The straight u )per Vedge of the guide 4' extends beneath tie shaft Gr and is referably notchedpasnt l, Fig. 2, to loose y embruee it, and referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the guide is of sufficient diameter to cooperate with the roll of cloth from the beginning to the end of the windin thereof, Between euch plate or guide 4 and jacent face of the sustuinin bracket 1 'a strong-spring 7 is'interpose to press the guide lirully against tlile end of the roll, the yieldiugpressure exerted by the guides upon the selvage edges of the cloth C causing the web to travel in a straight path as it passes from the guide roll t, Fig. 2, onto the previously wound layers upon the shaft G. As a result the edges of successive layers or wraps of cloth are superimposed one u on the other and the com leted roll of clot is a true cylinder, with flirt., parallel ends, and with the cloth wound strai ht and smooth.y

Inasmueh as the end gui es are mounted on the shafbsupporting bars g* and move therewith said guides always maintain a arallel to its fellow' constant relation to the center of the roll of cloth. moved from the loom the springs 7 press the lVhen a roll is completed and re-4 i roll of cloth, and means to connect said 'yieldin ends of the shaft arel ournaled, and parallel end-guides carried y said su ports and guidel inward, but `al; such time tbe retainf ing devices 5 operate to prevent cbs/engage-` ment of said guides from the brackets.

Various chan es or modifications ma be made by those s {illed in the-art in dela' s of construction and larrangement without departing 4from the s irit and scope of the invention as set fort in the .claims annexed hereto.

Having fully described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 4

1. In a loom, a Shaft upon which the cloth is wound, supports in which the ends of the Shaft :1ro rotatably mounted= laterallyend guides to coperate with the ends o and maintain flat the ends of the guides with the shaft-sup orts.

ln a loom, the clo- -roll shaft, spports for the ends thereofyand parallel, laterally-yielding guides to coperate' with will maintain Hat the ends of the roll of lo l. l

3. ln u loom, the cloth-roll shaft2 lon i-V ludinally movable supports in Whlcli tghe cooperating 'with the ed es oft e web of cloth, to maintain the en s of the clothroll flat nml parallel to each other. Y l 4. In a loom, in combination, a rotatable l shaft upon which the cloth is wound as woven, laterally and freely movable end guides to co erate wtlr und maintain flat the ends of t e roll of cloth, and means` to presssaid guides yieldinglj7 lagainst the same.

5. In a loom, in combination, a rotatable shaft u on which the cloth is wound as Woven, literally movable and parallel Sernicircular end guides to co erate with and ,maintain flat the ends of t e roll of cloth,

sln'ings `to press the guides inward, and

means to Position and maintain Said guides' 1n iaralle 1.5m. V

n testimony whereof, we have slgnerl our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing-witnee'ies.

ERNEST n. GUSTAFSON. THOMAS DUQUlCTlE. Ttnessesz MA nous A. Covnnn, JoHn W; Bun. 

